Whenever you might subscribe to a plan on how to improve yourself, a lot of times said plan may have a sort of daily or weekly routine to follow. Personally, I don't like to just practice the same thing day to day. Perhaps, that's just me. But it's important to have structure to any plan that you might have with whatever it is you do. I prefer to make sure that enough spontaneity is built in to any plans that I might have. So originally, when I came up with my 7 ideos, I was going to make sure I went Monday through Sunday while being sure to hit on at least one per day. My seven ideos are as follows:

1. Self-Awareness

2. Self-Expression

3. Self-Forgiveness

4. Self-Love

5. Self-Motivation

6. Self-Reflection

7. Self-Reliance

The trouble that I've been having is that I want to make sure that I hit on at least one a day without trying to overwhelm myself with trying to hit on all seven at once. I figure that Self-Reflection should be a must every day, since that Reflection is how you learn to improve in the other six areas. But Self Reflection in itself is a skill that must be honed and reflected upon in and of itself. I had no idea what trouble I was getting myself into when I came up with my lovely ideos! Upon Reflection, though, it's probably good that I created this challenge for myself!

Truthfully, I think Self-Awareness is perhaps the most important to work on when you're first getting started with this process of self-improvement. It does happen to be the first on this list, but as this is a very new process that I am developing, they are simply listed in alphabetical order at the moment. Any progression that there seems to be as you read down the list is purely coincidental. Or perhaps that it's not, but I will say if you properly connect the dots about which of the "ideos" lead into another the list might be a bit differently arranged.

You could easily say: "I'll work on Self-Awareness on Monday, Self-Expression on Tuesday, Self-Forgiveness on Wednesday" and so on. Perhaps, at first, this is how I plan to go, then go in the reverse order next week. Back to back days just working on Self-Reliance sounds a bit crummy to me for some reason, though. Self Expression is, selfishly, probably the one that I need the least work on. Yet we can all work on improving our Self Expression skills, believe me.

I might be a good writer, but even with all my talent and skill, there are still certain ideas on my brain that I can't properly express, so I hold them back for now. Sometimes I really struggle to explain why I like a certain thing or how I feel about a certain concept and it's very frustrating. Perhaps it's the imperfection of our language that keeps some people from not being able to communicate clearly, which is why other art forms have developed as outlets. We'll get back to that another time soon, but as you can see, the ideos can easily overlap. Being Self-Aware of your deficiencies in other areas is perhaps the key to best knowing which of the ideos to work on more heavily at first. The process of writing about the ideos as I myself work with them is going to be paramount to this method of self-improvement - gives me plenty to keep me busy!

Today I plan to focus mostly on Self-Awareness and how emotionally, mentally, and spiritually I respond to various things throughout my day. Some people may think their lives are incredibly boring and uninteresting. But if you really look at your life, you will always find something that you were not aware of with yourself before. There's always something to improve upon, but one thing I must also point out: I also want to focus on positive reactions to things as much as the negative. It's easy to say just do the positive things and eliminate the negative things, but it's more complicated than that.

What you have to do is strive to be a bit more self-aware each day while also working on the other six areas as you go along. If you happen to hit on two or three areas in one day, good for you! The 7 ideos are guidelines, not necessarily pillars. So if you want to go on a daily regimen by focusing on each one or just haphazardly pick areas to work on, it's your choice. In fact, how you choose to go about improving upon yourself is the first step in this whole process, isn't it?

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Lyn Lomasi & Richard Rowell are life & business partners. Owners of the Write W.A.V.E. Media network, they are your content superheroes to the rescue! Running their network, tackling deadlines single handedly, and coaching fellow writers & entrepreneurs to be thought leaders is their top priority. While rescuing civilians from boring content and marketing, they conquer the world, living the RV life and making Crafts For A Purpose with their awesomely crazy family while recounting The Nova Skye Story, along with Kymani’s Travels. They also strive to one day cuddle with lions and giraffes. Until then, they’ll settle for furry rescue kitties and doggies.